J/111 North American Championship at Macatawa Bay Yacht Club - Day 2
by Julie & Christopher Howell 21 Sep 2018 02:39 BST
18-21 September 2018
2018 J/111 North American Championship © J/111 International Class Association
Peter Wagner's Skeleton Key had a near perfect day on Thursday to move into the lead at the J/111 North American Championship, hosted by Macatawa Bay Yacht Club in Holland, MI. Good breeze allowed three races, two of which were won by 2017 J/111 World Champion Wagner.
Skeleton Key also had a second in the middle contest, ending with 11 net points in the no-discard series. Jim Connelly's Slush Fund stumbled in the last race of the day, dropping to second overall with 23 points. The consistency of Bradley Faber's Utah puts them in third with 27 points among the 16-boat fleet.
Chasing Wagner in the initial race were Richard Witzel's Rowdy and Connelly. Then it was Connelly back in the driver's seat, beating Wagner and the Andrew and Sedgwick Ward team on Bravo. The final battle went to Wagner again, as Witzel earned another second and Tracy Brand's Solution took third.
Racing concludes Friday.
Results after Day 2:
| Pos | Sail No | Yacht Name | Owner/Skipper | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | USA 115 | Skeleton Key | Peter Wagner | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | USA 119 | Slush Fund | Jim Connelly | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | USA 90 | Utah | Bradley Faber | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | USA 93 | Spaceman Spiff | Rob Ruhlman | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | USA 61666 | Shamrock | Jeffrey Davis | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 32 |
| 6 | USA 47 | Rowdy | Richard Witzel | 13 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | USA 117 | No Quarter | Mark & Colin Caliban | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 39 |
| 8 | USA 12 | Kashmir | Karl Brummel
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 40 |
| 9 | USA 60909 | Bravo | Andrew Ward/Sedgwick Ward | 7 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 42 |
| 10 | USA 43 | Solution | Tracy Brand | DSQ | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 48 |
| 11 | USA 28 | Warlock | Tom Dickson | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 48 |
| 12 | USA 112 | Pura Vida | John Kalanik | 14 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 55 |
| 13 | USA 24 | Momentus | Kevin Saedi & Raman Yousefi | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 55 |
| 14 | USA 102 | Evonne.com/3 | John Yonover | 8 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 56 |
| 15 | USA 100 | Variance | Carl Hanssen | 12 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 64 |
| 16 | USA 20 | Shmokin Joe | Jeff Schaefer | 15 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 75 |